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February 21, 2013

Adorable mini robots built from recycled electronic guts

by Laura Domela

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Anyone can take some old junk and make art, but not everyone can be a Marco Fernandes. The Portugal-based product designer uses recycled components from old DVD players, stereos, computers, toys and other electronics, and turns them into cute little “R³bots” (pronounced “are-cube-bots”).
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